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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in blended learning technology make it possible for humans all around the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many topics that blended learning institutions are struggling with now that distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants certify that the training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more available there is a growing desideratum to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders need to be more aware of these significant new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing need for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education subjects. This exciting new book also researches the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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